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Trump has repeatedly criticised Chicago’s crime levels throughout his presidency. He has described the city as a crime-ridden ‘hellhole’.
His comments come just days after a federal judge ruled that his previous deployment of National Guard troops to California
Addressing reporters from the Oval Office on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his plans to send National Guard troops to Chicago, part of his broader effort to expand a tough-on-crime and anti-immigration agenda in major American cities, even in the face of local resistance.
“We’re going in, I didn’t say when, but we’re going in. I have an obligation. When twenty people are killed over the last two and a half to three weeks, and seventy-five are shot with bullets,” Trump said. “Chicago will be liberated.”
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Trump has repeatedly criticised Chicago’s crime levels throughout his presidency. He has described the city as a crime-ridden “hellhole” and, in a recent Truth Social post, called it “the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far.”
His continued portrayal of the city as lawless has fuelled his argument for federal intervention, including the potential deployment of National Guard troops.
The President has previously taken similar action elsewhere. Twelve days after sending federal law enforcement into Washington, D.C., he declared the capital a “crime-free zone.” On Tuesday, he again pointed to other cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles, which he claims are suffering from similar waves of violent crime.
Though Trump appeared to confirm plans to deploy federal forces to Chicago, it remains unclear whether the operation would include the National Guard, federal law enforcement, or a combination of both.
Trump criticised Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for opposing federal intervention in Chicago. “If the governor of Illinois would call up. Call me up. I would love to do it now. We’re going to do it anyway. We have the right to do it because I have an obligation to protect this country,” he said.
His comments come just days after a federal judge ruled that his previous deployment of National Guard troops to California, without the governor’s approval, was illegal. That decision has added legal and political scrutiny to Trump’s latest statements.
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